739 - James Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 20 March 1807
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My dear Mary Ann
Maria Roberts is our new Servants
name , Mr Johns’s house at Hafod
is burnt down, Mr Bibby is pull=
=ing his hedge down, It has been
very stormy weather lately, Mr
Brownbill will leave his house on
[damaged] Will you bring some
drawings home, when you come.
I have got my bequest yet.
David is going to leave Mr Shepherds
Ann went on the 8th of March I
wish you was at home now be=
=cause I want to see you. John
Has been nailing the trees to the wall.
Tom Walpole has not got well yet
I wish you many happy returns
of this day. The little cherry Tree
in the front walk is now in full
bloom, the corneliau Cherry I mean
Are you very happy in Warrington
[new page]
Betsey bought Dorothy & Thomas
& I some little boxes at the Door
One day. Grandmother & my Father
Went to Mr Bibbys last night.
This letter comes from Hatfield
Nicholson at Gateacre, good bye.
Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre 21st March 1807
H Nicholson to M A N
Recd 26th March
My dear Mary Ann
Maria Roberts is our new Servants
name , Mr Johns’s house at Hafod
is burnt down, Mr Bibby is pull=
=ing his hedge down, It has been
very stormy weather lately, Mr
Brownbill will leave his house on
[damaged] Will you bring some
drawings home, when you come.
I have got my bequest yet.
David is going to leave Mr Shepherds
Ann went on the 8th of March I
wish you was at home now be=
=cause I want to see you. John
Has been nailing the trees to the wall.
Tom Walpole has not got well yet
I wish you many happy returns
of this day. The little cherry Tree
in the front walk is now in full
bloom, the corneliau Cherry I mean
Are you very happy in Warrington
[new page]
Betsey bought Dorothy & Thomas
& I some little boxes at the Door
One day. Grandmother & my Father
Went to Mr Bibbys last night.
This letter comes from Hatfield
Nicholson at Gateacre, good bye.
Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre 21st March 1807
H Nicholson to M A N
Recd 26th March
James Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 20 March 1807
Telling her about the new servant, Mr Bibby's ongoing landscaping projects and the stormy weather that they have been having, he wishes that she was home because he wants to see her, they have had a gift of some boxes from Betsy.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 807 (164)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1807
3
21
21 March 1807
Gateacre
[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
Miss Nicholson, Miss Mangnall's Warrington
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
gifting
separation
childhood
- regret
- sorrow
environment
To Cite this Letter
James Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 20 March 1807, 2131807: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 807 (164)
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